History of Education

By katieellard

  • First Public School

    First public school was in Boston

  • It became mandatory to go to school

    Massachusetts was the first US state to make going to school mandatory

  • Typewriter invention

    Christopher Sholes invented the "modern" typewriter
    (technology)

  • Fountain Pen

    The first practical fountain pen, the capillary feed pen, was patented by Lewis Waterman.
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  • High School Curriculum

    Formed by the National Education Association to establish a standard secondary school curriculum, the Committee of Ten, recommended a college-oriented high school curriculum that laid the foundation to modern high schools today
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  • Pen & Paper

    Mass production of pens and paper
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  • First Community College

    Joliet Junior College in Joliet, Illinois
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  • First Radio Education Program

    WHA began broadcasting music education programs on the radio. This was one of the first uses of audio for education.
    (technology)

  • Public School Transportation

    All states by 1919 had laws to provide transportation for students.
    (technology)

  • Overhead Projector

    First used in the US military
    (technology)

  • Radio

    schools begin using radios in the classrooms

  • Films

    52% of schools are using silent films and 3% are using films with sound

  • IQ Testing

    (education history)

  • Headphones

    headphones become popular in labs

  • ACT

    the first ACT test in November
    (history of education)

  • First Black Child to attend a white school

    (education history)
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    History of education

    The change of education in the last 50 years

  • First Apple Computer

    (technology)

  • The Open Classroom

    Kohl's book The Open Classroom, helped to promote open education, an approach emphasizing student-centered classrooms and active, learning.
    (history of education)

  • First Hand Held Calculator

    (technology)

  • Scantrons

    these are used to automatically grade tests

  • Apple personal Computer

    apple released their first personal computer

  • Computers were developed

    (technology)

  • Homeschooling Movement

    (education)

  • Microsoft Power Point is invented

    (technology)

  • A Nation at Risk report

    called for all high school grads to use and understand computers
    (history of education)

  • Microsoft Windows

    the first independent version of windows
    (technology)

  • White Boards were made

    (history of education)

  • SmartBoard

    the overhead projector mixed with a white board was created.

  • Box Top Education

    created by General Mills, helping schools earn money by collecting coupons from food packaging, we did it in my middle school

  • WIFI

    Electronics companies agree to make Wi-Fi a worldwide standard for wireless Internet.

  • Higher Education

    The Higher Education Act was amended and reauthorized, requiring institutions and states to produce "report cards" about teacher education performance.
    (history of education)

  • Proposition 227

    Requires all schools to teach English, passed by California.
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  • Columbine High School Shooting

    two students killing 15 other students and wounding 23

  • Flipped Classroom

    A teaching method that essentially involves student's instruction taking place outside of the classroom through an interactive digital experience and the homework being done in class with the help of the teacher and other peers
    (history of education)

  • No Child Left Behind Act

    mandates high-stakes student testing, holds schools accountable for student achievement levels
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  • Wikipedia

    The Wikipedia online encyclopedia is founded by Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales

  • Higher Education Act

    expanding education for low and middle income students
    (history of education)

  • iclicker

    iClicker was one of the first tools to allow teachers to be able to quickly poll students and get results in real time.

  • Adult Social networking sites

    16%

  • Teens social media sites

    55%

  • Teacher Tube

    in 2007...similar to YouTube, it is a platform for teachers to share educational resource videos.

  • iPhone

    Apple introduces a touchscreen cellphone called the iPhone

  • E-Books

    Amazon.com launches its Kindle electronic book (e-book) reader

  • Teens using twitter

    8%

  • American Reinvestment and Recovery Act

    provides over 90 billion dollars for education

  • National Education Technology Plan

    called for a "revolutionary transformation of education rather than evolutionary tinkering"
    (history of education)

  • Apple iPad

    (technology)

  • Race to the top

    Obama’s Race to the Top program makes a wave of education reforms as states compete for federal grants in the midst of a recession.
    (history of education)

  • Adults using twitter

    11%

  • 90% of students have access to technology